2023–24 1. FC Heidenheim season

The 2023–24 season was 1. FC Heidenheim's 17th season as a legally independent club and first ever season in the Bundesliga. They also competed in the DFB-Pokal.

1. FC Heidenheim

2023–24 season
President	Holger Sanwald
Head coach	Frank Schmidt
Stadium	Voith-Arena
Bundesliga	8th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tim Kleindienst (12) All: Tim Kleindienst (14)
Average home league attendance	15,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Kevin Müller (vice-captain) 2 DF  GER Marnon Busch (4th captain) 3 MF  GER Jan Schöppner 4 DF  GER Tim Siersleben 5 MF  GER Benedikt Gimber 6 DF  GER Patrick Mainka (captain) 8 FW  GER Eren Dinkçi (on loan from Werder Bremen) 9 FW  GER Stefan Schimmer 10 FW  GER Tim Kleindienst 11 FW  GER Denis Thomalla 16 MF  GER Kevin Sessa 17 MF  GER Florian Pick 18 FW  GER Marvin Pieringer

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  GER Jonas Föhrenbach 20 FW  AUT Nikola Dovedan 21 MF  GER Adrian Beck 22 GK  GER Vitus Eicher 23 DF  GER Omar Haktab Traoré 24 FW  GER Christian Kühlwetter 27 DF  GER Thomas Keller 30 MF  GER Norman Theuerkauf (3rd captain) 33 DF  USA Lennard Maloney 34 GK  AUT Paul Tschernuth 36 MF  GER Luka Janes 37 MF  GER Jan-Niklas Beste 44 FW  GER Elidon Qenaj

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Tim Köther (at MSV Duisburg until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Omar Traoré	VfL Osnabrück	Free	1 July 2023
DF	Benedikt Gimber	Jahn Regensburg	Free	1 July 2023
FW	Eren Dinkçi	Werder Bremen	Loan	1 July 2023	[2]
FW	Nikola Dovedan	Austria Wien	Free	1 July 2023	[3]
DF	Tim Siersleben	VfL Wolfsburg	€500,000	1 July 2023	[4]
FW	Marvin Pieringer	Schalke 04	€1,800,000	3 July 2023	[5]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Marvin Rittmüller	Eintracht Braunschweig	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Andreas Geipl	Jahn Regensburg	Free	1 July 2023
MF	Dženis Burnić	Karlsruher SC	Free	17 July 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

FC Ingolstadt v 1. FC Heidenheim

22 July 2023 Friendly	FC Ingolstadt	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Ingolstadt
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Keidel 86'	Report	Beste 26'	Stadium: AUDI Sportpark - Platz 4 Attendance: 400 Referee: Assad Nouhoum

1. FC Heidenheim v Empoli

26 July 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	2–1	Empoli	Kirchbichl, Austria
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer 40' Pick 43'	Report	Ekong 90'	Stadium: SVK-Arena Attendance: 500

1. FC Heidenheim v Pafos

1 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Pafos	Schwaz
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Schimmer 54'	Report	Kvída 78'	Stadium: Silberstadt-Arena Attendance: 150

1. FC Heidenheim v Hellas Verona

5 August 2023 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Hellas Verona	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mainka 11' Pieringer 49' Kleindienst 59'	Report	Đurić 4',  26' Ngonge 25' Ceccherini  58'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 5,414 Referee: Florian Badstubner

1. FC Nürnberg v 1. FC Heidenheim

7 September 2023 Friendly	1. FC Nürnberg	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Nuremberg
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Wekesser 45' (pen.) Kania 78' Geis 82'		Kühlwetter 53'	Stadium: Sportpark Valznerweiher

1. FC Heidenheim v Karlsruher SC

21 March 2024 Friendly	1. FC Heidenheim	0–1	Karlsruher SC	Heidenheim
13:30 CET (UTC+1)			Ersungur 20'	Stadium: Voith-Arena

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	19 August 2023	18 May 2024	Matchday 1	8th	34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	029.41
DFB-Pokal	13 August 2023	31 October 2023	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	9	3	+6	050.00
Total					36	11	12	13	59	58	+1	030.56

Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2023–24 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	11	14	9	51	50	+1	47	Qualification for the Europa League league phase[a]
7	TSG Hoffenheim	34	13	7	14	66	66	0	46
8	1. FC Heidenheim	34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	42	Qualification for the Conference League play-off round[a]
9	Werder Bremen	34	11	9	14	48	54	−6	42
10	SC Freiburg	34	11	9	14	45	58	−13	42

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[6]
Notes:

1. Since the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal winners, Bayer Leverkusen, qualified for the Champions League via league position, the spot reserved for the DFB-Pokal winners (Europa League league phase) was passed to the seventh-placed team, and the Conference League play-off round spot was passed to the eighth-placed team.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	12	12	50	55	−5	42	7	5	5	30	26	+4	3	7	7	20	29	−9

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Position	15	16	15	11	13	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 30 June 2023.^[7]

VfL Wolfsburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

19 August 2023 1	VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Wolfsburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Wind 6', 27' Gerhardt  36' Wimmer  45+5' Vrancx  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Volkswagen Arena Attendance: 22,620 Referee: Florian Badstübner

1. FC Heidenheim v 1899 Hoffenheim

26 August 2023 2	1. FC Heidenheim	2–3	1899 Hoffenheim	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Beste 16', 26' Dinkçi  38' Pieringer 58'	Report	Bülter  25' Akpoguma  40' Grillitsch  70' Beier 77' Kadeřábek 80',  82' Kramarić 90' (pen.) Weghorst  90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Hartmann

Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Heidenheim

1 September 2023 3	Borussia Dortmund	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Dortmund
20:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Brandt 7' Can 15' (pen.),  90+3' Bensebaini  61' Haller  82'	Report	Dinkçi  35', 61' Beste  57' Pieringer  61' Kleindienst 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Tobias Reichel

1. FC Heidenheim v Werder Bremen

17 September 2023 4	1. FC Heidenheim	4–2	Werder Bremen	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 5' (pen.) Dinkçi 44', 68' Traoré  50' Beste 76'	Report	Ducksch 49', 49' Weiser 64' Stark  90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

Bayer Leverkusen v 1. FC Heidenheim

24 September 2023 5	Bayer Leverkusen	4–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Leverkusen
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Boniface 9', 74' (pen.) Palacios  31' Hofmann 63' Adli 82'	Report	Theuerkauf  37' Dinkçi 58'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 29,557 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Heidenheim v Union Berlin

30 September 2023 6	1. FC Heidenheim	1–0	Union Berlin	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pieringer  48' Beste 59'	Report	Leite  40' Král  77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sascha Stegemann

Eintracht Frankfurt v 1. FC Heidenheim

8 October 2023 7	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Frankfurt
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Ngankam  11', 30' Larsson 39' Max  65' Knauff 72'	Report	Beste  23' Müller  28' Mainka  46'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park Attendance: 55,800 Referee: Daniel Schlager

1. FC Heidenheim v FC Augsburg

22 October 2023 8	1. FC Heidenheim	2–5	FC Augsburg	Heidenheim
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kleindienst 17',  31' Beste 18' Beck  51' Siersleben  90+3'	Report	Tietz 29' Valentin 41',  45+2' Demirović 42' Uduokhai 64' Bauer  83' Rexhbecaj 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Stieler

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 October 2023 9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mönchengladbach
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Pléa 4' Föhrenbach 51' (o.g.)	Report	Dinkçi 38',  45+2' Pick  61' Pieringer  77'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 51,541 Referee: Robert Hartmann

1. FC Heidenheim v VfB Stuttgart

5 November 2023 10	1. FC Heidenheim	2–0	VfB Stuttgart	Heidenheim
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Theuerkauf  44' Schöppner 70' Dinkçi  75' Kleindienst 90+4'	Report	Silas 57' Karazor  67' Anton  74'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Florian Badstübner

Bayern Munich v 1. FC Heidenheim

11 November 2023 11	Bayern Munich	4–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Munich
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Mazraoui  3' Kane 14', 44' Guerreiro 72' Choupo-Moting 85'	Report	Kleindienst 67' Beste 70'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Bochum

26 November 2023 12	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	VfL Bochum	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Dinkçi  51' Schöppner  51' Beste  58' Traoré  77'	Report	Daschner  27' Schlotterbeck  65' Antwi-Adjei  90+3'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

RB Leipzig v 1. FC Heidenheim

2 December 2023 13	RB Leipzig	2–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Leipzig
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Openda 29' (pen.) Poulsen 44' Simakan  60' Baumgartner  88'	Report	Gimber 45+2',  88' Pieringer  86'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Christian Dingert

1. FC Heidenheim v Darmstadt 98

9 December 2023 14	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Darmstadt 98	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöppner 42' Kleindienst  55' Dinkçi  63' Mainka 69', 71'	Report	Skarke 52' Maloney 60' (o.g.) Müller  62' Karić  82'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniel Schlager

Mainz 05 v 1. FC Heidenheim

16 December 2023 15	Mainz 05	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mainz
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Krauß  38' Ajorque  44' Gruda  90+3'	Report	Pieringer 12' Gimber  30' Busch  34' Beste  57'	Stadium: Mewa Arena Attendance: 27,200 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Heidenheim v SC Freiburg

20 December 2023 16	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	SC Freiburg	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schöppner  33' Föhrenbach  37' Dinkçi 52' Gimber  64' Kleindienst 84' Ginter 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Gulde  5' Höler 7', 64' (pen.) Sildillia  36' Röhl  60' Höfler  76'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Benjamin Brand

1. FC Köln v 1. FC Heidenheim

13 January 2024 17	1. FC Köln	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Cologne
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Chabot  12' Selke 29' Hübers  41'	Report	Pieringer  16' Beck 55'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Heidenheim v VfL Wolfsburg

20 January 2024 18	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Jenz 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Černý 7' Gerhardt  45+4'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

1899 Hoffenheim v 1. FC Heidenheim

27 January 2024 19	1899 Hoffenheim	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Sinsheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Kramarić 45+7' (pen.) Stach  59' Akpoguma  72' Brooks  89' Grillitsch  90+5'	Report	Dinkçi 29'	Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena Attendance: 20,120 Referee: Tobias Welz

1. FC Heidenheim v Borussia Dortmund

2 February 2024 20	1. FC Heidenheim	0–0	Borussia Dortmund	Heidenheim
20:30 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Maatsen  80' Malen  90+5'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert

Werder Bremen v 1. FC Heidenheim

10 February 2024 21	Werder Bremen	1–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Bremen
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Schmid 19' Deman  45'	Report	Kleindienst  2' Maloney 12',  43' Beste 18'	Stadium: Weserstadion Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

1. FC Heidenheim v Bayer Leverkusen

17 February 2024 22	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	Bayer Leverkusen	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Föhrenbach  27' Gimber  32' Kleindienst 87'	Report	Frimpong 45+2' Adli 81' Andrich  90+2'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Harm Osmers

Union Berlin v 1. FC Heidenheim

24 February 2024 23	Union Berlin	2–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Berlin
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gosens 44',  45' Schäfer 45+2' Juranović  53'	Report	Dovedan 3' Beste 71' Traoré  87'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 21,341 Referee: Deniz Aytekin

1. FC Heidenheim v Eintracht Frankfurt

2 March 2024 24	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	Eintracht Frankfurt	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pieringer 59' Dinkçi  62'	Report	Dina Ebimbe  25' Koch  31' Gimber 39' (o.g.) Nkounkou 49' Ekitike  77' Trapp  86'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sören Storks

FC Augsburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

9 March 2024 25	FC Augsburg	1–0	1. FC Heidenheim	Augsburg
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Gouweleeuw 22' Mbabu  27'	Report	Gimber  74' Pick  90+3' Theuerkauf  90+4'	Stadium: Augsburg Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Frank Willenborg

1. FC Heidenheim v Borussia Mönchengladbach

16 March 2024 26	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Heidenheim
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Traoré  36' Dinkçi 66' Schmidt  90+2'	Report	Hack 9' Weigl  18' Kramer  22' Wöber  64'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Martin Petersen

VfB Stuttgart v 1. FC Heidenheim

31 March 2024 27	VfB Stuttgart	3–3	1. FC Heidenheim	Stuttgart
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guirassy 41' Stiller 53' Anton  90+3' Undav 90+8'	Report	Nübel 62' (o.g.) Kleindienst 84', 85' Dovedan  90+6'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Felix Zwayer

1. FC Heidenheim v Bayern Munich

6 April 2024 28	1. FC Heidenheim	3–2	Bayern Munich	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sessa 50' Kleindienst 51', 79' Gimber  62' Dinkçi  89'	Report	Kane 38' Gnabry 45'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Robert Schröder

VfL Bochum v 1. FC Heidenheim

13 April 2024 29	VfL Bochum	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Passlack  35' Bernardo  45' Losilla  52' Bero  58' Schlotterbeck 90'	Report	Kleindienst  60' Schlotterbeck 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion Attendance: 24,414 Referee: Patrick Ittrich

1. FC Heidenheim v RB Leipzig

20 April 2024 30	1. FC Heidenheim	1–2	RB Leipzig	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gimber  61' Dovedan 69' Schöppner  83' Traoré  90+8'	Report	Henrichs  33' Šeško 42' Openda 85'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

Darmstadt 98 v 1. FC Heidenheim

28 April 2024 31	Darmstadt 98	0–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Darmstadt
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Karić  52' Kempe  60'	Report	Gimber  43' Dovedan 90+1'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor Attendance: 17,416 Referee: Bastian Dankert

1. FC Heidenheim v Mainz 05

5 May 2024 32	1. FC Heidenheim	1–1	Mainz 05	Heidenheim
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gimber  35' Kleindienst 65',  77'	Report	Barreiro  27' Burkardt 37',  69' Kohr  84'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Sven Jablonski

SC Freiburg v 1. FC Heidenheim

11 May 2024 33	SC Freiburg	1–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Freiburg
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dōan 29' Grifo  64'	Report	Sessa  18', 38'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Daniel Siebert

1. FC Heidenheim v 1. FC Köln

18 May 2024 34	1. FC Heidenheim	4–1	1. FC Köln	Heidenheim
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Dinkçi 16', 22' Sessa 36' Kleindienst  76' Beste 78'	Report	Kainz  30' Hübers  52' Tigges 64' Maina  77'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Tobias Welz

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2023–24 DFB-Pokal

Rostocker FC v 1. FC Heidenheim

13 August 2023 First round	Rostocker FC	0–8	1. FC Heidenheim	Rostock
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Weiß  32' Mietzelfeld  54'	Report	Beck 9' Kleindienst 12', 15' Maloney 18' Pieringer 38', 72' Dinkçi 53' Schimmer 87'	Stadium: Ostseestadion Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Nicolas Winter
Note: The match took place at the Ostseestadion, instead of Rostocker FC's home stadium, the Sportpark am Damerower Weg in Rostock.[8]

Borussia Mönchengladbach v 1. FC Heidenheim

31 October 2023 Second round	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–1	1. FC Heidenheim	Mönchengladbach
20:45 CET (UTC+1)	Pefok 3', 9' Hack 44'	Report	Beck 78'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Timo Gerach

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 2 March 2024

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat.	Player	Bundesliga	DFB-Pokal	Total
1	FW	10		Tim Kleindienst	7	2	9
2	FW	8		Eren Dinkçi	7	1	8
3	FW	37		Jan-Niklas Beste	7	0	7
4	FW	18		Marvin Pieringer	3	2	5
5	MF	21		Adrian Beck	1	2	3
6	MF	3		Jan Schöppner	2	0	2
	DF	6		Patrick Mainka	2	0	2
	MF	33		Lennard Maloney	1	1	2
9	FW	9		Stefan Schimmer	0	1	1
	MF	5		Benedikt Gimber	1	0	1
	FW	20		Nikola Dovedan	1	0	1
Own goals					2	0	1
Totals					34	9	43